Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:38:23 +0000 From: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: DTrace for FreeBSD- source snapshots Message-ID: <20060608073823.GA34193@what-creek.com>
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Since the Slashdot article <http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/06/05/29/1144234.shtml>; and my last status update here, I've had numerous requests for access to the development sources for the DTrace port to FreeBSD. I had hoped to get the DTrace P4 project exported to CVS and then to a CVSup server, but that doesn't seem to be possible. The FreeBSD P4 admins who can set this up haven't responded to my emails. Sulk. The best that I can do at the moment is to make a tar-ball containing the entire FreeBSD-current source tree available for download. You can get it from <http://people.freebsd.org/~jb/dtrace/index.html>; There is also a link on that page to a diff of the changed files and another tar-ball of the added files in case you want to just look. You should regard this as pre-alpha quality. It's still a work-in-progress. It can crash your system and/or ruin your day. Don't ask me how I know. 8-) The source tree will build on an i386 RELENG_6 machine (or a current one) using a standard 'buildworld'. The 'buildkernel' step will need to be: 'make NO_CTF=1 buildkernel' at the moment due to the fact that the buildkernel phase doesn't seem to use the bootstrapped tools. That's a problem that someone could work on. Hint. 8-) If there is someone with a bit of spare time on their hands, I'd like an install ISO to be built using 'make release'. And someone else might care to work on producing a live CD using FreeSBIE <www.freebsie.org>. That would be useful too. One final note: If you want to help out, please don't tell me you don't have much spare time. I'm looking for people who can put a bit of effort in. DTrace isn't a trivial project. It touches every part of the operating system. -- John Birrell
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